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You are taking a course on the history of computing at your university. One of the requirements for the course is a 25-page research paper. Your professor for that course is concerned that some students may be purchasing research papers from Internet sites, while others may be submitting papers that are highly plagiarized. So, your professor decides to use an online plagiarism-detecting system to have all of the papers submitted in this class verified (by being matched against a large repository or database of student papers) for their originality and authenticity. The company that owns the plagiarism-detecting system, however, has a controversial policy with regard to ownership of student papers. Specifically, they claim to own-that is, hold the copyright to-every paper your professor submits to them, so that those papers can be included in the company's proprietary database. Thus, all of the students in your class are required to sign a transfer of copyright form when they submit their research papers. You are very annoyed by this, however, because you want to maintain ownership of your paper. In fact, you plan to use some material in your paper in a section of your senior thesis project. Next, you approach your professor about your concern. Although she is sympathetic to your position, she also points out that she is not able to make any exceptions because of the agreement the university has with the company contracted to verify the authenticity of student papers.

What would you do in this scenario?